Hattie Compton-Moen is the 2025 TINZ Dame Suzanne Snively Scholarship recipient at Victoria University.
Hattie is currently in her fifth year studying at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. Originally from Ōtautahi Christchurch, she moved to Pōneke in 2021 to pursue a conjoint Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science, majoring in Computer Science and specialising in Cybersecurity. While studying, she worked as a research assistant and as a law clerk at a boutique human rights litigation firm.
Hattie tells the Transparency Times:
I’m incredibly honoured and appreciative to be the 2025 Transparency International NZ Dame Suzanne Snively Scholarship recipient. This scholarship is incredibly valuable to me, not only for its support in allowing me to better pursue my research endeavours, but also because of its strong connection with the Transparency Institute and the inspirational women leading innovation and research in transparency and ethical governance.
As a conjoint Law and Science student, I am deeply interested in interdisciplinary issues and the intersection of ethics and innovation. I’m pursuing this passion through my Honours thesis, which focuses on corporate civil disobedience - where companies disobey the law to protest unjust laws or policies, like General Motors’ Sullivan Principles. My research primarily focuses on the tension between corporate disobedience being used as a principled tool for societal change or simply as another vessel for corporate profit-making and influence.
I’m incredibly grateful for Transparency International New Zealand’s support, as I strongly believe that their work in ethical governance is key to ensuring a brighter future - one where corporate actors are held accountable for their influence on law-making.
The Suzanne Snively Scholarship is intended to support independent postgraduate study by female students in an area of transparency or anti-corruption in regard to governance, regulatory practices or laws, ethical leadership or ethical culture. TINZ does not direct study choices or specifically endorse the output.
